Captain Rory Walsh v. Department of the Navy

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 25-2339 ___________________________ Captain Rory M. Walsh, USMC (Ret.)

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellant v. Department of the Navy; United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Southern ____________ Submitted: January 21, 2026 Filed: January 26, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before SMITH, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

Captain Rory Walsh appeals the district court’s1 adverse grant of summary judgment in this action brought under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 The Honorable Eric C. Schulte, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.

U.S.C. § 552. After careful de novo review of the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See Argus Leader Media v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., 740 F.3d 1172, 1175 (8th Cir. 2014) (standard of review); 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

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